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FG orders screening of NSITF workers’ NYSC certificates
The federal government yesterday gave the newly appointed management board of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) instructions to start immediately screening and verifying the authenticity of all National Youth Service Corps…
2023 UTME: JAMB extends registration until February 22
Beginning yesterday, February 15, 2023, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has extended the 2023 UTME registration period by one week.
By this extension, the UTME registration would end on Wednesday, February 22, 2023,…
Student’s death: Family protests despite Lagos State Govt order, Chrisland Schools continue to…
The family of the late Whitney Adeniran protested as Chrisland schools continued their academic programs in defiance of a Lagos State government directive.
According to earlier reports, the 12-year-old student's death prompted the Lagos…
NYSC TRUSTFUND; BUHARI’S PARTING GIFT TO THE NATION
By
Solomon Semaka
Renowned apartheid icon and former President of the Republic of South Africa, Nelson Mandela is quoted to have said overcoming poverty is not a gesture of charity. It is an act of justice. It is the protection of…
ASUU Strike: Sowore Shows Support, Joins Students’ Protest At Lagos Airport
Omoyele Sowore, the presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (ADC), has joined Nigerian students in protesting the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUUongoing )'s strike. The National Association of Nigerian Students…
Nigerian government set to establish Aviation University
The Nigerian government has completed all preparations for the establishment of the African Aviation and Aerospace University in Abuja, Nigeria's capital.
This month, the University is expected to begin academic activities.
Senator Hadi…
Nasarawa State Government reopens schools on September 19
The reopening of secondary and primary schools has been approved by the Nasarawa State Government.
This comes 49 days after the schools were closed due to security concerns.
This is stated in a statement signed for the Commissioner of…
ASUU strike: Monarch, others stranded as protesting students block Lagos-Ibadan expressway
Motorists on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway were stranded for hours yesterday as university students protested the continued strike by members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU.
The students, who were acting on behalf of the…
I’ll be Fair to All, Unilorin VC-designate Pledges
By Hammed Shittu in Ilorin
Prof Wahab Egbewole, the Vice Chancellor-designate of the University of Ilorin, has pledged that his administration will be fair to all members of the university community in its dealings and just in all…
FG asks court to order lecturers back to work
By Onyebuchi Ezigbo in Abuja and Dike Onwuamaeze in Lagos
The federal government has referred the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUUlong-running )'s strike to the National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN) for adjudication. This…